T-9.III

The Correction of Error

Chapter 9 — The Acceptance of the Atonement

Correction shifts from the ego’s critical judgment to the Holy Spirit’s reinterpretation, where shared errors are forgiven in the mind and healed vision restores innocence, joining, and peace.

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Motif¶	Key moment¶	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8

Primary
Correction begins when the critic in me is relinquished.
The Holy Spirit corrects by overlooking errors, not reacting to them.
▲ MilestoneStop making errors real; share them with the Holy Spirit.	▲ Milestone
Pillar
Correcting others with verdicts condemns yourself; correction without condemnation heals.
The Holy Spirit forgives errors by seeing sanity, not making them real.
Supporting
Heal by seeing sanity in your brother; refuse to make errors real.
When you react to error, you chose the ego as guide.
Walk with your brother by seeing truth beside you, not errors.
Correction rests on recognizing the brother’s innocence.
Minor
Correction begins when a brother’s errors stop defining him.
How you answer a brother’s mistake becomes the lesson you learn.
Withdraw meaning from others’ errors; keep inner watch.
When you accept error as real, you make its effects inevitable.
Echo
Your brother’s release and yours are one; Atonement is not private.
Healing is temporary; creation is the Son’s eternal function.
Correction happens at another level—let the right Teacher handle it.
Healing is time’s only proper classroom use.
Making a brother’s error real attacks yourself by affirming guilt.
Walk together in truth; correction means refusing to make error real.
Ego and Holy Spirit do not share a language.
Atonement corrects because its source is Love, not separation.
Consequences aren’t punishment; they show I chose wrongly.

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